Deckboy v0.89.3

The controls work on a clip

Every control in the TEXT MODE section — columns, glyph set, shuffle, ink, the
glitch amounts, the custom glyphs and the phrases — was reachable only on a
video synth cue. On a clip, a still or a camera carrying the TEXT MODE effect,
which is the ordinary way to use it, the rows drew and did nothing. They work on
any cue with the effect now.

CHAOS

A new row in the TEXT MODE section. At 0 each cell draws the glyph its
brightness asks for, so the picture reads. At 1 it draws any glyph in the set,
so the whole alphabet appears at once and the grid becomes texture. In between
is the interesting part.

This is how you get every mark in music & sparkle on screen: ranked strictly
by ink, a flat area of picture picks one mark and the rest never appear. Turn
chaos up and they all do. It works on custom glyph sets too, picking within what
you typed rather than the table behind it, and it is hashed from the cell
position rather than the frame, so it is texture rather than flicker.

Fewer columns means bigger cells, which is where the notes become legible rather
than reading as dots.

Also

ASCII INK, ASCII SET, ASCII SHUFFLE, ASCII COLS <n> and
ASCII CHAOS <0..1> over the control protocol, so a surface can drive the
character grid — and the same commands work on any cue carrying the effect.